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Published in final edited form as: J Health Econ. 2011 May 23;30(4):832–841. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2011.05.006

Table 3.

Hypothetical Hospital Choice among Non-hospitalized People

Coefficient Standard Error
Measured Hospital Characteristics
    Driving time −0.099*** 0.004
    HQI score 0.040 0.118
    HQI score*2005 survey −0.030 0.016
    For-profit −0.259 2.484
    Teaching −5.922*** 2.220
Unmeasured Attribute Importance
    Reputation
        Hospital 1 0.876 12.468
        Hospital 2 10.319 9.958
        Hospital 3 −10.813 11.786
        Hospital 4 2.619 12.389
        Hospital 5 −21.547 16.292
        Hospital 6 3.948 8.261
        Hospital 7 −3.024 10.549
        Hospital 8 −8.581 10.024
        Hospital 9 7.136 9.168
        Hospital 10 −6.788 14.940
        Hospital 11 22.210*** 7.570
        Hospital 12 19.468* 10.264
        Hospital 13 −8.510 13.817
        Hospital 14 31.507*** 11.347
        Hospital 16 12.841 9.642
    Medical services
        Hospital 1 −4.032 12.148
        Hospital 2 −2.819 8.180
        Hospital 3 3.450 10.188
        Hospital 4 3.660 10.271
        Hospital 5 38.388*** 11.865
        Hospital 6 4.838 6.802
        Hospital 7 3.146 8.183
        Hospital 8 8.891 8.506
        Hospital 9 0.137 7.545
        Hospital 10 −12.869 11.548
        Hospital 11 −3.109 6.310
        Hospital 12 −10.957 8.465
        Hospital 13 −4.309 10.306
        Hospital 14 13.360 10.571
        Hospital 16 −1.700 8.073
Unmeasured Attribute Importance
    Amenities
        Hospital 1 13.185 9.733
        Hospital 2 2.345 6.772
        Hospital 3 6.467 8.938
        Hospital 4 −5.796 8.476
        Hospital 5 −5.162 11.918
        Hospital 6 −0.498 5.498
        Hospital 7 −1.931 6.935
        Hospital 8 0.415 6.944
        Hospital 9 1.351 6.848
        Hospital 10 6.361 10.969
        Hospital 11 −0.571 5.184
        Hospital 12 −3.424 7.454
        Hospital 13 11.774 10.908
        Hospital 14 3.902 7.719
        Hospital 16 −7.264 6.551
    Out-of-pocket costs
        Hospital 1 −25.135*** 8.599
        Hospital 2 −15.583** 7.172
        Hospital 3 −12.790 8.099
        Hospital 4 −12.326 8.662
        Hospital 5 5.006 11.603
        Hospital 6 −8.338 5.867
        Hospital 7 2.890 7.781
        Hospital 8 −9.624 6.891
        Hospital 9 −12.820** 6.394
        Hospital 10 3.542 12.400
        Hospital 11 −15.343*** 5.357
        Hospital 12 −13.922* 7.633
        Hospital 13 −8.556 9.856
        Hospital 14 1.385 7.925
        Hospital 16 −7.549 6.891
Number of choosers 790
Number of observations 12,640
Log-likelihood −1575.85
Pseudo R2 0.2805

Hospital 15 is the reference group

*

p<0.1

**

p<0.05

***

p<0.01